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Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien

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Chapter 25, Problem 7MC

The C-shaped cartilages in the trachea

a. serve as a point of attachment for some muscles of exhalation.

b. support muscular attachments to the thyroid cartilage and epiglottis.

c. prevents the trachea from collapsing.

d. attach the trachea to the esophagus posteriorly.

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